How to Support Perinatal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Katie Crenshaw

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How can you get support for your mental health during pregnancy and after having a baby? Perinatal mental health challenges, including depression and anxiety, can affect parents during pregnancy and postpartum, yet stigma and lack of awareness can make it difficult to know when to seek help or where to turn. 

In this episode of the Ask the Doulas Podcast, Kristin Revere sits down with Katie Crenshaw, Brand and Integrated Marketing Manager at Postpartum Support International and Social Media Manager for The Blue Dot Project.

Katie shares how The Blue Dot Project has become a powerful symbol of awareness, advocacy, and hope for families navigating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She discusses the importance of storytelling in reducing stigma, how communities can better support parents during pregnancy and postpartum, and the role birth workers play in recognizing, validating, and connecting families with resources.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What The Blue Dot Project is and how the maternal mental health movement began

• Why perinatal mental health awareness is important during pregnancy and postpartum

• How stigma can prevent parents from seeking support for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders

• How sharing personal stories can help families feel seen, understood, and less alone

• Ways doulas and birth workers can support clients experiencing mental health challenges

• Mental health resources available through Postpartum Support International

• How parents, professionals, and advocates can get involved in raising awareness about perinatal mental health

Whether you're a parent, doula, childbirth educator, healthcare professional, or advocate, this conversation highlights actionable ways to support maternal mental health and become part of a movement that reminds families they are never alone.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Use the code GOLDCOAST to receive a discount of up to 20 percent off.

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